Not only the U.S. stations are mainly crap, over in Italy there is the same problem.
A little research via -
SurfaceStations.org: A tour of Italy Watts Up With That?
An interesting comment -
"Bearing in mind the huge diversity of climate even within Italy it is difficult to choose a single figure that represents Italy and amply illustrates the nonsense of Global temperatures!"
modest, via
http://surfacestations.org/ there are rural WX stations in the U.S. showing a cooling trend ?
